“The world’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, OurCrowd, is growing its presence in Canada by opening its first Canadian office and investing $1-million in Toronto-based advocate marketing leader Influitive. Catherine Murray speaks with David Shore, the head of OurCrowd Canada, andInfluitive CEO Mark Organ about what’s next for Canada’s startup landscape — on Business...
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Join our conversation with XPRIZE Founder, Dr. Peter Diamandis, and SaaS entrepreneur, Christian Cotichini, pioneers of the incentive finance model of global problem solving. With the power of the crowd, organizations now have a launchpad for seeding innovation, like space travel and medical breakthroughs. HeroX, the pair’s two-year-old venture, is an online platform that enables anyone, anywhere, to launch an incentive prize challenge to bring breakthroughs to their communities, companies, or the other side of the world. As active investors in innovation finance, including HeroX, we’re excited to have hosted this conversation with industry leaders Peter and Christian. This webinar: Explored the marketplace for incentive competitions powering top innovations Learned from examples of live campaigns by companies and organizations seeking solutions to global problems Found out how you can participate in growing the innovation finance industry ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To stay updated on future events and the best news from the Startup Nation, sign up for our newsletter, email us, and follow us on social media. To contact Liz Cohen, follow her on Linkedin / Twitter To contact Peter Diamandis, follow him on Linkedin / Twitter To contact Christian Cotichini, follow him...
Read MoreOurCrowd portfolio company Influitive was featured on Business News Network’s “Business Day”. Influitive has pioneered a new marketing methodology and Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for businesses to engage, incentivize, and direct the activity of their advocates. Catherine Murray speaks with David Shore, the head of OurCrowd Canada, and Influitive CEO Mark Organ about what’s next for Canada’s startup landscape. Influitive raised $1,358,504 from OurCrowd investors in June 2015. Watch the segment on BNN...
Read MoreOurCrowd’s portfolio company ReWalk was featured on Forbes, a leading business and finance magazine. ReWalk is the developer of the FDA approved ReWalk exoskeleton device, providing paraplegics with an independent, natural walking experience that provides them numerous social, psychological, and physical benefits. I was lucky enough to learn from Larry Jasinski, CEO of ReWalk Robotics, a company that allows people who are paralyzed to walk again. Larry takes us through his journey to that led to ReWalk, inspiring real life stories of how the company transforms lives and his vision for the future. ReWalk raised $1,320,000 from OurCrowd investors in June 2013. Read more on...
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No rest for the Startup Nation: The Israeli startup ecosystem on way to another record breaking year in 2015. Check out the latest innovation from the Google-Waze collaboration, hear from leading entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and global powers as they comment on the Israeli startup ecosystem, and more… Start getting this weekly newsletter via email: Subscribe now 2015 Israeli tech exits could beat record, report shows In just the first six months of 2015, exits in the Israeli high-tech economy netted more than three quarters of the total dollar amount from exits in 2014. Between January and June, there were 54 exits among Israeli tech firms, worth $5.29 billion. It was Israel’s best-ever exit tally for the first six months of any year, figures showed. In fact, 2015 is shaping up to be the strongest year for merger and acquisition activity in Israel since 2012, when exit deals worth nearly $10 billion were recorded. Learn more. OurCrowd & Portfolio Companies in the News Bizzabo featured in Wired UK OurCrowd featured in BRW. BioCatch featured in TechCrunch Webydo featured in Designrfix Boatbound featured...
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